Configure Gmail imap on Androids

You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports IMAP, like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.

Enable IMAP in your Gmail settings

1. Sign in to Gmail.
2. Click the  gear in the top right.
3. Select Settings.
4. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
5. Select Enable IMAP.
6. Click Save Changes.

Note: This setting is not available while using the basic HTML view of Gmail. To enable IMAP, use the standard view instead.

(Then add you info into your devices}

To configure the 'Email' app on an Android device for access to Gmail, just follow the steps below:

1. Enable IMAP in your Gmail settings.
2. Open the Email application.
3. Tap  and the Settings
4. In the top corner, tap  select Next to get started with setup.
5. Enter your full Gmail address and password, then select Next.
6. On the next screen, you can give the account a nickname and choose the name to display on your outgoing messages. Tap Done.

And you're done. You can verify your settings from the Inbox view by tapping , select Account and then scroll toServer settings.

Incoming settings
IMAP server: imap.gmail.com
Port: 993
Security type: SSL (always)

Outgoing settings
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 465
Security type: SSL (always)

How to change your Google profile name

Login to your Google+ account, open profile section from the Google+ menu or click here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/me and click to your name at the cover photo to edit your name.

 or

One way to fix that:

Go to settings, Accounts and Imports, and change the name under "Send mail as."

Be aware of the Google+ profile name policy that You can change the name only 3 times in 2 year

How to Fix PS3 HDMI video problem

This guide aims to help those having problems with HDMI blank screen/no signal issues with the PlayStation 3.

Try these steps in order. If none of them work then there may be a problem with your display or PS3 console.

Reset Video Output

1. Put your PS3 on standby.
2. Unplug the power lead.
3. Connect HDMI cable to HDMI out on PS3 and HDMI in on TV
4. Connect PS3 so that the red standby light is showing
5. Hold down the On/Off button until you hear a second beep. The PS3 will try and detect the display output settings on your monitor.

Is it a faulty HDMI Cable or broken HDMI slot?

1. If your monitor has more than one HDMI input then try the cable in another slot.
2. Are you using an adaptor like a HDMI to DVI convertor? If so try connecting without the adaptor.
3. There could be an issue with your HDMI cable. Try another HDMI cable and make sure it is PS3 compatible (version 1.3 or higher).
4. Do you a second HDMI display you can connect to, or can you ask a friend to try connecting to theirs? This will determine whether it’s an issue with your PS3 or your display.
5. Are you on the right channel? Some TVs have multiple HDMI channels so flick through them and make sure you’ve tried all channels.

Change Video Output Settings

If you’re getting a blank screen the only way you will be able to access to the XMB is by connecting the original AV (RCA) cables that came with the PS3 in order to get a picture. At the same time you should have the HDMI cable connected from the PS3 to your display.

1. Go to settings in the XMB. Make sure your display is on the right AV channel.
2. Got to Display settings
3. Go to Video output settings
4. Select HDMI
5. Switch to your display’s HDMI channel
6. Accept the setting and then choose AUTOMATIC
7. Make sure you press X to save your new settings

If these solutions haven’t worked and you’ve found another way to fix HDMI issues please let us know by posting below.

How Disable OTA Update Notification.

Download "disable service" from Play Store
Open it
Go to System Apps
Find Google Services Framework and tap it
Uncheck "SystemUpdateService" 
Restart your device.

Good to Go

MTP Support for in Ubuntu12.10 or 12.04 to connect Android 4.0

Gvfs has been updated in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, bringing a new MTP backend which allows users to access Android 4.0 devices which do not support the USB Mass Storage protocol.

or some reason, there are no thumbnails for images on the Android device in Nautilus and the images can't be opened directly from the device but copying and viewing them on the computer works. These issues aren't Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 specific and they even occur in Ubuntu 13.04.

The packages in this PPA may be unstable. Use the PPA at your own risk! There are instructions on how to revert the changes at the bottom of the post.

1. To add the Gvfs (and libmtp) PPA created by the Gvfs MTP backend developer in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update

(Very important to run a system update before restart) 

 Once everything has been updated successfully, restart your computer, unlock your Android device, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager.

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Revert the changes (purge the PPA)

To revert the changes (downgrade all the packages from our Gvfs PPA to the version available in the official Ubuntu repositories), firstly install PPA-Purge with multi-arch support from the main WebUpd8 PPA.

Then, purge the PPA using the following command:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp 

Wait for the packages to be downgraded successfully, restart the computer and everything should go back to the way it was before adding the Gvfs PPA above.

Install Ubuntu One on Elementary OS Luna

Now coming to cloud storage. I presume that you must have an account on Dropbox or Ubuntu One. To install Dropbox, you can download the installer from their website or search it in Software Centre or synaptic.

To install Ubuntu One in Elementary OS Luna, you can use the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install pantheon-files-plugin-ubuntuone

Install additional codecs to run all sorts of media

One of the first trouble you’ll have to run a MP3 file or a You Tube video on some linux distro, you will find out that you need additional codecs. You can install additional codecs the same way as you do in Ubuntu Linux and i.e. by installing Ubuntu Restricted Extra. Open a terminal and use the following commands:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Add Elementary Tweaks to customize the desktop

Elementary OS has Elementary Tweaks that enables you to customize desktop. You can change themes, tweak animation etc with it. Elementary Tweaks is available in a community PPA by Elementary OS team:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

With elementary Tweaks, you can change themes, configure advanced Plank 
options, tweak animation timings, configure Files and Slingshot. And the
best of all? It is written as a plug and therefor integrates into 
switchboard!

In case of error message: to solve this problem with libgranite2 you have to add this ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get update

Install with: sudo apt-get install libgranite2
Install elementary tweaks with: sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

Install Synapse on elementary OS Luna

The indicator is similar to Spotlight. When installed, it adds search functions elementary OS currently lacks.



 

Monday, June 17, 2013

By Michael Langfermann

Install and use Indicator Synapse

Yesterday +Eduard Gotwig pointed me to a new Synapse frontend, Indicator Synapse, a search indicator made by +Tom Beckmann. The indicator is similar to Spotlight. When installed, it adds search functions elementary OS currently lacks.



As of now, the indicator has some bugs and did glitch for me, but it had no problems finding everything I searched for.

You can either get indicator synapse from the Community PPA or Eduards PPA.

Here are instructions for installing indicator synapse from the Community PPA. If you already have the Community PPA added, you may skip this step. Open up the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and type:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get update

Now install the package indicator-synapse:

sudo apt-get install indicator-synapse

Log out and back in and you should be all set!